Cigarette-holder.



No. 889,207. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1-908. 5

E. T. CRANE.

CIGARETTE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE so. 1906.

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EDWARD T. CRANE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGARETTE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Application filed June 30, 1906. Serial No. 324,113.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD T. CRANE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadel hia, county of Philadelphia and State ofennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful ImprovementinOigarette- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new article of manufacture consisting of acigarette holder, and has for its object to provide a cheap andeffective holder of this description u on which the brand or trade-markof the ma or may be displayed and at the same time serves as a means forsupporting the cigarette while being smoked, thus avoiding thediscoloration of the fingers of the smoker and permitting the cigaretteto be entirely consumed without inconvenience.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and 'stand how to make an improved holder attached thereto.

combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specificallydesignated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention apertains may underd use the same,Iwill describe its construction indetail, referring by letter to the accompanying drawing forming a partof this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a cigarette my 1g.2, a similar view showing the holder bent outward into operativeposition. Fig. 3, a similar view showing my improved holder applied to acigarette having a cork or other mouth piece. Fi 4, a detail view of aslightly modified form of my im rovement in which the mouth piece andolder are formed of a single piece of material.

In carrying out my invention as embodied in Figs. 1 and 2 I cut frompaper or other material of sufficient stiffness a small strip A having anotch B formed therein, and this strip is pasted or otherwise attachedto the cigarette from the notch to the end of the cigarette, theunpasted end lying free against the cigarette so as not to in any wayinterfere with the packing of the cigarettes in boxes. When thecigarette is to be smoked the free portion of the strip is bent at rightangles to the pasted portion, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2 and willthus provide a holder which may be grasped by the smoker so as to avoidthe nicotin fumes from coming in contact with the fingersand'permitting'the cigarette to be consumed down to the holder, thusleaving only that portion of the cigarette which is held in the mouth ofthe smoker. The notch B serves to facilitate the bending of the freeportion of the strip at the desired angle and this angle may bedetermined by the perforated or indented line b.

In'Fig. 3 I have shown my improvement as applied to a cigarette having acork or other mouth piece G, the strip passing under the mouth piecethus holding it in place.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a form of my holder in which the mouth piece D isformed with the strip A so that when the mouth piece is secured aroundthe end of the cigarette the supporting strip will lie free lengthwiseof the cigarette and may be bent outward when desired for use. Of coursethe strip A might project from the mouth piece D or any point desired,but I have found that economy of material is effected by making themouth piece and strip in the form'shown in Fig. 4 since butlittle or nostock iswasted in cut ting such a form from material.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to any particular form of holder,as the gist of my invention rests in the broad idea of a supportingholder in combination with a cigarette.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, is

In combination with a cigarette, a strip of paper, adapted to encirclethe end of the cigarette to be applied to the mouth of the smoker,having formed therewith at its right extremity, when gummed in positionat the end of the cigarette, a strip of reduced width and extending atright angles to the first strip, and adapted to serve the purpose ofaholder for the cigarette, when the first or main strip is gummed aboutthe cigarette at the extremity thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto afiixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD T. CRANE.

